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tfrfhlQ Jntrliigtnffr. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, November 10, I860. PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION. We, the people of the State of Georgia, in or der to form a |>ennanent Government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos terity—acknowledging and invoking the gui dance of Almighty God, the author of all gooo Government, do ordain and establish this Consti tution for the State of Georgia: Till: CONSTITUTION or the STATE OF GEORGIA. ARTICLE L Declaration of Right*. 1. Protection to person and property is the duty of government. 2. No person shall l»e deprived of life, liberty, or property, except by due process of law. 3. The writ of hnlieas corpus shall not be sus pended, unless, in case of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 4. A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free Btatc, the right of the peo ple to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. 5. Perfect freedom of religious sentiment be and the same is hereby secured, and no inhabi tant of this Suite shall ever be molested in per son or property, nor prohibited from bolding any public office or trust on account of his religious opinion. 6. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are inherent elements of political liberty. But while every citizen may freelv speak, or write, or print on an}’ subject, be shall lie responsible for the abuse of the liberty. 7. The right of the people to appeal to the courts, to petition government on all matters of legitimate cognizance and peaceably to assemble for the consideration of any matter of public concern shall never be impaired. H. Every person charged with an offense against the laws of the State shall have the privilege and benefit of counsel; shall lie furnished on de mand a copy of the accusation and list of the witnesses on whose testimony the charge against him is founded; shall have compulsory process to obtain Use attendance of h'u own witnesses; shall be confronted by the witnesses testifying aguinst him, and shall have a public, and speedy trial by an impartial jury, as heretofore practiced in Georgia. 0. No person shall be put in jeopardy of life or lilierty more than once for the same offense, save on liis or her own motion for a new trial af ter conviction, or in case of mis-trial. 10. No conviction shall work corruption of blood or general forfeiture of estate. • 11. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 12. The i lowers of the courts to punish for contempts shall be limited by legislative acts. 13. Legislative acts in violation of the consti tution are void, and the judiciary shall so declare them. 14. Ex post facto laws, laws impairing the ob ligation of contracts, and retroactive laws inju riously aff ecting any right of the citizen, are pro hibited. 15. Laws should have a general operation, and no general law affecting private rights shall be varied in a particular case by special legislation, except with the free consent, in writing, of all persons to be affected thereby; and no person being under a legal disability to contract is capa ble of such free consent. 10. The power ol taxation over the whole State sluill be exercised by the General Assembly only, to raise revenue for the support of government, to pay the public debt, to provide for the com mon defense, and for such other purposes as the General Assembly may be specially required or empowered to accomplish by this Constitution. But the General Assembly may, by statute, grant the |lower of taxation for designated purposes, with such limitations as they may deem expedient to county authorities aud municipal corporations to be exercised within their several territorial limits. 17. In cases of necessity private ways may be granted upon just compensation toing first paid ; and with this exception private property shall not be taken save for public use, and then only cm just compensation to be first provided and paid, unless there be a pressing unforeseen neces sity, in which event the General Assembly shall make early provision for ouclr compensation. 18. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unrensonablo searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrant sliall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place or places to be searched, and fhe person aud things to lie seized. 10. The person of a debtor shall .not bo dc tained in prison, after delivery for the benefit of his creditors of all his estate, not expressly ex empted by law from levy and sale. 20. The Government of the United States liav lug. as a war measure, proclaimed all slaves held or owned iu this State, emancipated from slavery, and having carried that proclamation into hill practical effect, there shall henceforth be, within the State of Georgia, neither slavery nor involun tary servitude, save as a punishment for crime, after legal conviction thereof: Provided, this acquiescence in the action of the Government of the United States, is not intended to operate ns a relinquishment, waiver, or estopel of such claim for conqieusntiou of- loss sustained by reason of the emancipation of liis slaves, as any citizen of Georgia may hereafter make upon the justice and magnanimity of that Government. 21. The enumeration of rights herein con tained is a part of this Constitution, but shall not be construed to deny to the people any inherent rights which they have hitherto enjoyed. ARTICLE tl. Section 1. I. The Legislative, Executive and Judicial De partments shall be distinct; and each department shall be confided to a separate body of magistracy. No person, or collection of persons, being of one department, shall exercise any power properly attached to either of the others, except in eases herein expressly provided. 2. The legislative power shall be vested in a 'GVneral Assembly, which shall consist of a Sen ate and House of Representatives, the members whereof shall to elected, and returns of the elec tions made in the manner now prescribed by law, (until changed by the General Assembly) on the 15th day of November, in the preseut year, and biennially thereafter, on the first Wednesday of October, to serve until their successors sliall be elected; but the General Assembly may, by law, change the day of election. 8. The first meeting of the General Assembly under this Constitution, shall be on the first Monday in December next, after which, it shall meet annually 'trti the first Thursday in Novem ber, or on such other day as the General A9sem bly may prescribe. A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to transact business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of its absent members, as each House may provide. No ses sion of the General Assembly’, after the first above mentioned, shall continue longer than forty days, unless pfolo’ngcd by a vote of two-thirds of each branch thereof. 4. No persons holding any military commission or other appointment, having any emolument oi compensation annexed thereto, under the State or the United States, or either of them, (except Justices of the Inferior Court, Justices'of the Peace, and officers of the militia) nor any de faulter for public money, or for any legal taxes required him, shall have a scat in either branch of the General Assembly; nor shall any Senator or Representat ive, after Ills qualification as such, be elected by the General Assembly, or appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate, to any office or ap pointment hating any emolument or compensa tion annexed thereto, during the time for which he shall have been elected. 5. No person convicted of any felony before any Court of this State, or of the United States, shall be eligible to any office, or appointment of honor, profit, or trust, within this State until he shall have been pardoned. <1. No person who is a collector or holder of public money, shall be eligible to any office in this State, until the saipe is; accounted for and paid intothe treasury. Section2.* There sliall be fort y-four Senatorial Districts .in the State of Georgia, each composed of three contiguous comities, from each of which districts one Senator shall'to choseri,.until otherwise ar ranged, as hereinafter provided. : The said Districts shall to constituted of coun ties as follows:. The 1st District; of Chatham, Bryan Effing ham. j The 2d, of Liberty’, Tattnall and McIntosh. The 8d, of Wayne, Pierce and Appling. The 4th, of Glynn, Camden and Charlton. The fith, of Coffee, Ware and Clinch. The fith, of Echols, Lowndes and Berrien. The ?tli, of Brooks, Thomas and Colquitt. The 8th, of Decatur, Mitchell and Millor. The 0th, of Early, Calhoun and Baker. The 10th, of Donglierty, Loe and Worth. The-11th, of Clay, Randolph and Terrell. The 12th, of Stewart, Webster and Quitman, The 18th, of Sumter, Schley and Macon. The 14th, of Dooly, Wilcox and Pulaski The 15th, of Montgomery, Telfair and Irwin. The 10th, of Laurens, Johnson and Emanuel The 17th, of Bulloch, Scriven and Burke. The 18th, of Richmond, Glasscock and Jefferson. The 19th, of Taliaferro, Warren and Greene. The 20th, of BaldwimHancock and Washington. The 21st, of Twiggs, Wilkinson and Jones. The 22d, of BibbiMonroe and Pike. The 23d, of Houston, Crawford and Taylor. The 24th, of Marion, Chattahoochee and Mus cogee. The 25th, of Harris, Upson and Talbot. The 26tli, of Spalding, Butts and Fayette, The 27th, of Newton, Walton and Clarke. The 28th, of Jasper, Putnam and Morgan. The 29th, of Wilkes, Lincoln and Colombia. The 30th, of Oglethorpe, Madison and Elbeit. The 31st, of Hart, Franklin and Habersham, The 32d, of White, Lumpkin and Dawson. The 33d, of Hall, Banks and Jackson. The 34tli, of Gwinnett, DeKalb and Henry. The 35th, of Clayton, Fulton and Cobb. The 36th, of Meriwether, Coweta and Campbell. The 37th, of Troup, Heard and Carroll. The 38th, of Haralson, Polk and Paulding. The 39th, of Cherokee, Milton and Forsyth. The 40th, of Union Towns and Rabun. The 41st, of Fannin, Gilmer and Pickens. The 42d, of Bartow, Floyd and Chattooga. The 43d, of Murray, Whitfield and Gordon. The 44tli, of Walker, Dade and Catoosa. If a new county be established, it shall be added to a district which it adjoins. The Sena torial districts may be changed by the General Assembly, but only at the first session after the taking ol each census by the United States Gov ernment, and their number shall never be in creased. 2. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years and be a citizen of the United 8tates, and have been for three years an inhabitant of this State, and for one year a resident of the district from which he is chosen. 8. The presiding officer shall be styled the President of the Senate, and shall to elected vivo voce from their own body. 4 The Senate shall have the sole power to'tiy all impeachments. When sitting for that pur pose, they shall to on oath or affirmation, and no person shall to convicted without the concur rence of two-thirds of the members present.— Judgment, in cases of impeachment, shall not extend further than removal from office, and dis qualification to bold and enjoy any office of honor, profit, or trust, within this State; but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and pun ishment according to law. Section 3. 1. The House of Representatives shall be com posed as follows: The thirty-seven counties hav ing the largest representative population, shall have two Representatives each. Every other county shall have one Representative. The des ignation of the counties having two Represen tatives sliall be made by the General Assembly immediately after the taking of each census. 2. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-one years, aud to a citizen of the United States, and have been for three years an inhabitant of the State, and for one year a resident of the county which he represents. 3. The presiding officer of the House of Rep resentatives shall be styled the Speaker, and shall be elected viva voce from their own body. 4. They shall have the sole power to impeach all persons who have been or may be in office.' 5. All bills for raising revenue or appropria ting, shall originate in the House of Representa tives ; but the Senate may projiose or concur in amendments, us in other bills. Section 4. 1. Each House shall be the judge of the elec tion returns and qualifications of its own mem tors; aud shall have power to punish them for disorderly behavior or misconduct, by censure fine, imprisonment or expulsion; but no member shall be expelled except by a vote of two-thirds of the House from which he is expelled. 2. Each House may punish, by imprisonment not extending beyond the session, any person not a member who shall to guilty of a contempt by any disorderly behavior in its presence; or who, during the session, shall threaten injury to the person or estate of any member for anytliing said or done in cither House; or who shall assault or arrest any witness going to or returning from, or who shall rescue, or attempt to rescue, any per son arrested by cither House. 3. The members of both Houses shall be free from arrest on attendance on the General Assem bly, and in going to and returning therefrom, ex cept for treason, felony, or breach of the peace. And no member shall be liable to answer in any other place for anything spoken in debate in either house. 4. Each House shall keep a journal of its pro ceedings, and publish them immediately after its adjournment. The yeas and nays of their mem hers on any question, shall, at the desire of one- fifth of the members present, be entered on the journals. The original journals shall be pre served (after publication) in the office of the Sec retary of State; but there shall be no other re cord thereof. 5. Every bill, before it shall pass, shall be read three times, and on three separate and distinct days in each House, unless in cases of actual in vasion or insurrection. Nor shall any law or ori dinance pass, which refers to more than one sub ject-matter, or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof. 6. All acts shall lie signed by the President of the Senate and Speaker ol the House 1 * of Repre sentatives ; and no bill, ordinance or resolution, intended to have the effect of law, which shall have been rejected by either House, shall be agaiu proposed under the same or any other ti tle, without the consent of two-thirds of the House by which the same was rejected. 7. Neither House shall adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place, without the consent of the other; and in case of disagree ment between the two Houses, on a question of adjournment, the Governor may adjourn them. 8. Every Senator and Representative, before taking his seat, shall take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States and of this State; and also, that he hath not practiced auy unlawful means, either directly or indirectly, to procure liis election. And every person convicted of having given or offered a bribe, shall be disqualified^ from serving as a member of either House for the term for which he was elected. 9. Whenever this Constitution requires an act to be passed by two-thirds of both Houses, the yeas and nays on the passage thereof shall be en tered on the journals of each. Section 5. 1. The General Assembly shall have power to make all laws and ordinances consistent with this Constitution, and not repugnant to the Con stitution of the United Stales, which they sliall deem necessary and proper for the welfare of the State. 2. They may alter the boundaries of counties and establish new counties; but every bill to es tablish a new county shall be passed by at least two-thirds of the members present in each branch of the General Assembly; 8. The General Assembly shall have power to appropriate money for the promotion of learning and science, and to provide for the education of the people, and shall provide for the early re sumption of the regular exercises of the Univer sity of Georgia, by the adequate endowment of the same. 4. The General Assembly shall have power, by a vote of two-thirds of each branch, to grant pardons in cases of final conviction for treason, and to pardon or commute after final conviction in capital cases. 5. It shall be the duty of the General Assem bly, at its next session, and thereafter,*as the pub lic welfare may require, to provide by law for the government of free persons of color; for the protection and security of their persons anA pro perty, guarding them and the State against any evil that may arise from their sudden emancipa tion, and prescribing in what cases their testi monv shall be admitted in the courts ; for the regulation of their transactions with citizens; for the legalizing of their existing, and the contract ing and soleinnizatiou of their ftiture marital re lalions, and connected therewith their rights of inherita.ice and testamentary capacity; and for the regulation or prohibition of their immigration into this State from other States of the Union or elsewhere. And further, it shall to the duty Of the General Assembly to confer jurisdiction upon courts now existing, or to create county courts with jurisdiction in criminal cases excepted from the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court, and in civil cases whereto free persons of color may be parties. Section 9. 1. The General Assembly shall have no power .to grant corporate powers and privileges to pri vate companies, except to banking, Insurance, railroad, canal, plank road, navigation,mining, express, lumber, manufacturing and telegraph companies, nor to make or change election pre cincts ; nor to establish bridges and terries; nor to change names or legitimate children; but shall by law, prescribe the manner in which such power shall to exercised by the courts. But no bank charter* Shall to granted or extended, and no act passed authorizing the suspension of spe cie payment by any chartered bank except by a vole of two-tliiros of each 1 branch of the General Assembly. 2. No money shall be drawn from the Treasu ry of this State, except by appropriation made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipt and expenditure of all public money shall be published from time to time. 3. No vote, resolution, law, or order shall pass, granting a donation or gratuity in favor of any person, except by the concurrence of two-thirds of the General Assembly. 4. No law shall be passed by which a citizen shall be compelled directly or indirectly, to be come a stockholder in, or contribute to a railroad or other work of internal improvement, without ’ his consent, except the inhabitants of a corporate town or city. This provision shall not to con sidered to deny the power of taxation for the pur pose of making levees or dams to prevent the overflow of livers. ARTICLE III. Section 1. 1. The executive power shall be vested in a Governor, the first of whom under this Constitu tion, shall hold the office from the time of his in- auiniration as by law provided, until the election and qualification of his successor. Each Govern or subsequently elected shall hold the office for two years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and shall not be eligible to election after the expiration of a second term for the pe riod of four years. He shall have a competent salary, which shall not be increased nor dimin ished during the time for which he uliall have been elected; neither shall he receive within that time any other emolument from the United States, or either of them, nor -from any foreign power. 2. The Governor shall he elected by the per sons qualified to vote for members of the Gene ral Assembly, on the 15th day of November, in the year 1865, and biennially thereafter, on the first Wednesday of October, until such time be alter ed by law, which election shall be held at the places of holding general elections in the several counties of this State, in the manner prescribed for the election of members of the General As sembly. The returns tor every election of Gov ernor shall be sealed up by the managers, sepa rate from other returns, and directed to the Presi dent of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives; and transmitted to the Govern or, or the person exercising the duties of Gov ernor for the time being; who shall, without opening the said returns, cause the same to to laid tofore the Senate on after tlie day the two houses shall have been organized; aud they shall be transmitted by the Senate to the House ol* Representatives. The members of each branch of the General Assembly shall convene in the Representative Chamber, and the Presi dent of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall open and publish the returns in presence of the General Assembly; and the person having the majority of votes giv en, shall be declared duly elected Governor of this State; but if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest number of votes, who shall be in life and shall not de cline an election at the time appointed for the Legislature to elect, the General Assembly shall immediately elect a'Govemor viva voce; and in all cases of election of a Governor by the Gene ral Assembly, a majority of the votes of the members present shall be necessary for a choice. Contested elections shall be determined by both Houses of the General Assembly, in such man ner as shall be prescribed by law. 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who shall not have been a citizen of the United States twelve years, and an inhabit ant of this State six years, and who hath not attained the age of thirty years. 4. In case of the death, resignation, or disabili ty of the Governor, the President of the Senate shall, exercise the executive powers of the govern ment until such disability to removed, or a suc cessor is elected and qualified. And in case of the death, resignation, or disability of the Presi dent of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the power of the government until the removal of the disability or the election and qualification of a Governor. 5. The Governor shall, before he enters on the duties his office, take the following oath or af firmation : “I do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case maybe,) that I will faithfully execute the of fice of Governor of the State of Georgia; and will, to the best of my abilities, preserve, protect and defend the constitution thereof, and of the constitution of the United States of America.” Section 2. 1. The Governor shall be Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of this State, aud of the militia thereof. 2. He shall have power to grant reprieves for offenses against the State, except in cases of im peachment, and to grant pardons, or to remit any part of a sentence, in all cases after conviction, except for treason, murder, or other capital of fenses in which cases he may respite the execu tion, and make report thereof to the next Gene ral Assembly. 3. He shall issue writs of elections to fill va cancies that happen in the Senate or House of Representatives, and shall have power to con vene the General Assembly on extraordinaiy oc casions ; and shall give them, from time to time, information of the state of the republic, and re commend to their consideration such measures as he may deem necessary and expedient. 4. When any office shall become vacant by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Governor shall have power to fill such vacancy, unless otherwise provided for by law^- and persons so appointed shall continue in brace until a succes sor is appointed agreeably to the mode pointed out by this Constitution, or by law in pursuance thereof. 5. A person once rejected by the Senate shall not be re-appointed by the Governor to the same office during the same session or the recess there after. 6. The Governor shall have the revision of all bills passed by both Houses before the same shall become laws, but two-thirds of each House may pass a law notwithstanding his dissent; and if any bill should not be returned by the Governor within five days (Sundays excepted) after it has been presented to him, the same shall be law, unless the General Assembly, by their adjourn ment, shall prevent its return. He may approve any appropriation and disapprove any other ap propriation in the same bill, and the latter Shall not be effectual unless passed by two-thirds of each House. 7. Every vote, resolution, or order, to which tLe concurrence of both Houses may he neces sary, except on a question of election or adjourn ment, shall be presented to the Governor; and before it shall take effect, be approved by him or being disapproved, shall be re-passed by two thirds of each House, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in case of a bill. 8. There shall be a Secretaiy of State, Comptroller General, a Treasurer, and Surveyor General, elected by the General Assembly, and they shall hold their offices for the like pe riod as the Governor, and shall have a compe tent salary, which shall not be increased or di minished during the period for which they shall have been elected. The General Assembly may at any time consolidate any two of these offices, and require all the duties to be discharged by one officer. 9. The great seal of the State shall be deposi ted in the office of the Secretary of State, and shall not be affixed to any instrument of writing, but by order of the Governor or General Assem bly, and that used previously to the year 1861, shall be the great seal ofthe State. ARTICLE IV. - Section 1. 1. The Judicial powers of this State shall be vested in a Supreme Court for the correction of errors, a Superior, Inferior, Ordinary, and Jus tices Courts, and in such other Courts as have been, or may be established by law. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of three Judges, who shall be elected by the General As sembly, for such term of years—hot less than rix as shall be prescribed by law, and shall con tinue in office until their successors shall be elec ted and qualified; removable by the Governor on the address of two-thirds of each branch of the General Assembly, or by impeachment and conviction thereon. 3. The said Court shall have no original jurifrv diction, but shall be a Court alone for the trial and correction of errors in law and equity from the Superior Courts of the several Circuits, and from the City Courts of the cities of Savannah and Augusta, and such other like Courts as may to hereafter established in other cities; and shall sit “at the Seat of Government” at such time or Times iu each year, as the General Assembly -shall prescrito, for the trial and determination of writs of error Irom said courts. 4. The said Court sliall dispose of and finally determine every case on the docket of such Court, at the first or second term after such trrit of error brought-; and in case the plaintiff in er ror shall not be prepared at the first term of such Court, after error brought, to prosecute the case, unless precluded by some providential cause from such prosecutionlit shall be stricken from the docket anti the judgment below affirmed.— And in any case that, may occur, the Court may, in its discretion, withhold its judgment until the term next .after the argument thereon. Section 2. 1. The Judges of the Superior Court shall be elected on the first Wednesday in January, until the Legislature shall otherwise direct, immedi ately before the expiration of tlie tennibr which they or either of them may have toeu appointed or elected, troui the Circuits in which they are to serve, by a majority vote of the people of the Circuit qualified to vote for members of the Gen eral Assembly, for the: term: of. four yeara^va cancies to be filled as is provided by the laws--of force prior to January 1, 1861—and shall con tinue in office until their successors shall beulec- ted and qualified; reniovable by'the Governor on the address of two-third9 of each branch of the General Assembly, or by impeachment and conviction thereon. 2. The Superior Court sliall have ;exclusive ju risdiction in all cases of divorce, both total and partial; but no total divorce shall to granted ex cept on the concurrent .verdicts? of two special juries. In each divorce case the Court shall reg ulate the rights and disabilities of the parties. 3. The Superior Courts shall also have exclu sive jurisdiction in all criminal cases—except as Court, violation of road laws, obstructions of water courses, and in all other minor offenses which do not subject the offender or offenders to loss of life, limb or member, or to confinement in the Penitentiary; jurisdiction of all such cases shall be vested in such County or Corporation Courts, or such other Courts, judicatures or tri bunals as now exist or may hereafter be-constitu ted, under such rules and regulations as the Leg islature may have directed or may hereafter direct 4. All e riminal cases shall be tried in the comity where the crime was committed, except in cases where a jury cannot be obtained. 5. The Superior Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases respecting titles of land, which shall be tried in the county where the land lies; and also in all equity causes, which shall be tried in the county where one or more of the de fendants reside, against whom substantial relief is prayed. 6. It shall have appellate jurisdiction in all such cases as may be provided by law. 7. It shall have power to correct errors in infe rior judicatories by writ of certiorari, and to grant new trials in the Superior Court on proper and legal grounds. 8. It shall have power to issoe writs of mand amus, prohibition, scire facias, and all other writs which may be necessary for carrying its powers fully into effect. 9. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction in all other civil cases, and in them the General Assembly may give concurrent jurisdiction to the Inferior Court, or such other county courts as they may hereafter create, which cases shall be tried in the county where the defendant resides. 10. In cases of joint obligators, or joint prom- issors or co-partners, or joint trespassers residing in different counties, the suit may be brought in either county. 11. Iu ease of a maker and indorser, or indor sers of promissory notes residing in different counties in this State, the same may be sued in the county where the maker resides. 12. The Superior Court shall sit in eacbcounty not less than twice eveiy year, at such stated times as have been or may be appointed by the General Assembly, and the Inferior and County Court at such times as the General Assembly- may direct. Section 3. 1. The judges shall have salaries adequate to their services fixed by law, which shall not be diminished nor increased during their continu ance in office; but shall not receive any other perquisites or emoluments whatever from parties or others on account of any duty required of them. 2. There shall be a State’s Attorney and Soli citors elected in the same manner as the Judges of the Superior Court, and commissioned by the Governor, who shall hold their offices for the term of four years, or until their successors shall be appointed and qualified, unless removed by sentence on impeachment, or by the Governor, on the address of two-thirds of each branch of the General Assembly. They shall have salaries adequate to their services fixed by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their continuance in office. 3. The Justice or Justices of the Inferior Court, and the Judge of such other County Court, as may by law be created, shall be elected in each county by the persons entitled to vote for mem bers of the General Assembly. • 4. The Justices of the Peace shall be elected in each district by the persons entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. 5. The powera of a Court of Ordinary and of Probate shall be vested in an Ordinary for each county, from whose decisions there may be an appeal to the Superior Court under regulations prescribed by law. The Ordinary shall be ex oMcio clerk of said Command may appoint a deputy clerk. The Ordinaiy as clerk, or his dep uty, may issue citations and grant temporary let ters of administration, to hold until permanent letters are granted; and said Ordinaiy as clerk, or his deputy, may grant marriage licenses. The Ordinaries in and for the respective counties shall be elected, as other county officers are, on the first Wednesday in Januaiy, 1868, and eveiy fourth year thereafter, and shall be commissioned by the Governor for the term of four years. Jn case of any vacancy of said office of* Ordinary, from any cause, the same shall be filled by elec tion, as is provided in relation to other county officers, and until the same is filled the clerk of the Superior Court for the time being sliall act as clerk of said Court of Ordinaiy. ARTICLE V. Section 1. 1. The electors of members of the General Assembly shall be free wj,iite male citizens of this State, and shall have attuned the age of twenty- one years and have pfud all taxes which may have been- required of VKem, and which they have had an opportunity of paying agreeable to law, for the year preceding the election, shall be citizens of the United States, and shall have re sided six months either in the district or county, and two years within this State, and no person who is not qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly shall hold any office in this State. 2. All elections by the General Assembly shall be viva voce and the vote shall always appear on the journal of the House of Representatives, and where the Senate and House unite for the pur pose of electing, they shall meet in the Repre sentative chamber, and the President of the Sen ate shall in such Cases preside and declare the person or persons elected. 3. In all elections by the people the electors shall vote by ballot until the General Assembly shall otherwise direct. 4. All civil officers heretofore commissioned by the Governor, or who have been duly appointed, or elected, since the first day Of January last, but who have not received their commission and who have not resigned, nor been removed from office, and whose terms of office shall not have expired, shall continue in the exercise of the du ties of their respective offices during the periods for which they were duly appointed or duly elected ns aforesaid and commissioned, and until their successors, sliall be appointed under the provisions of this Constitution; unless removed from office as herein provided. 5. Laws of general operation now of force, in this State, are, 1st, as the supreme law, the Con stitution of the United States; the laws of the United States in pursuance thereof, and all trea ties made under the authority of the United States ; 2d, as next in authority thereto,, this Constitution; 2d, in subordination to the aforego ing, all laws declared of force by an act of the General Assembly of this State, assented to Dec- cember the 19th, A. D., 1860, entitled “An Act to approve, adopt, and make ; of force, in the State ot Georgia a revised code of laws, prepared un der the direction and by authority of the General Assembly thereof, and for other purposes there with connected,” an act of the General Assem bly aforesaid, assented to December 16th, A. D. 1861, amendatory of the aforegoing, and an act of the General Assembly aforesaid, assented to ^December 13th. A. D; 1862, entitled “An Act to settle the conflicts between: the code and the leg- 11! This Constitution shall be altered or amend- ] liberal proposition of Brigadier General Titeon, nrcTafoatirms which shall ascend to heaven from rl nnltr htr o mmmntinn nf tlio ivmnlh r'allpfl fnr i A ociotont pAmmicainnar flip ITlPTl's Bll- tllC Ul'llFtS Ol tllC DCOpiC. ed only by a convention of the people, called for j Assistant Commissioner of the Freed men’s Bu that purpose by act of the General Assembly. reau, to employ certain officers of this State at islation of this General Assembly;” c^lso, all acta of the General Assembly aforesaid, passed .since the date last written, altering, amending, repeal ing, or adding to any portion of law hereinbe fore mentioned (the tatteesMCtmeots having pre ference in caserof conflict,) and so much of the common and statute law of England, and ofthe statue law of thi9 Stitte of forte in Geoigia, in the year eighteen hundred: and sixty, as is not expressly superceded by, .nor inconsistent with said codes, though not embodied therein; except so much of the law aforesaid as .may violate the supreme law herein recognized, ’or may conflict with tins constitution, and except somuch there of as refers to persons held in slavery, which ex cepted laws shall henceforth to inoperative and void, and any future General Assembly Of this State shall be competent to alter, amend, or re peal any portion o£ the law declared to be nf force in'this third: apecificatfoa of the fifth clause of this fifth article. If in any statute law herein declared of force, the word “Confederate” occurs before the word States, such law is hereby amend ed by substituting- the word -“United” for the word “Confederate.”: 6. Local and private statutes heretofore passed iuteuded for the benefit of counties, cities, towns, corporations and private persons not inconsis tent with the supreme law, nor with this consti tution, and which have neither expired by their own limitations nor been repealed, shall have the force of statute law subject to judicial decision, as to their validity when enacted, and to any limitations imposed by their own terms. /: 7. All judgments, decrees, orders, and other proceedings of the several courts of this State heretofore made, within the limits of their Juris dictions, are hereby ratified and affirmed, subject only to past and future reversal by motion for new trial, appeal, bill of review, or other proceed ings, ini conformity with the law of force when fliey were made!^’ “ ' . • * 8- All rights, privihges and immunities which ihay liave vested in, or accrued to any person; or persons, in his, her, ot their own right, or in any judiciary capacity, uaderand in virtue of any, act of tlie General Assembly, or of any judgment decree, or order, or other proceeding of any «fiurt of competent! since the first day n In this_ State, hundred and sixty-om/sbalHSe held invioiat^by alT courts before whth 'they may be brought in question, unless attacked for fraoct 9. The inaniage rfiation between white per sons and persons of African descent, is forever prohibited, and suchqaniage shall be null and void; and it shall be the duty of the General As sembly to enact lawftbr the punishment of any officer who shall knovingly issue a license for the celebration of such marriage, or any officer or minister of thegospt who jhall many such per sons together. ' * " ' " 10. All militia aid county officers shall be elected by the peopk under such regulations as Ordinances and Resolutions of a Public Nature, Passed by the Convention at its Session in 1865. An Ordinance making it the duty of the .Gen eral Assembly of the State ol* Geoigia, to pro vide for the support of indigent widows and orphans of deceased soldiers of this State, and for other purposes therein named: Be it ordained by the people of the State of Geor gia in Convention assembled, That tlie General Assembly of this Stale, is respectfully requested, at its first session under this Constitution, and annually thereafter, to make such appropriations and provisions as mayin their judgment be ne cessary for the support and maintenance of the indigent widows and orphans of deceased soldiers of this State. Be it further ordained^ That disabled soldiers who are without the meansof supportand whose disability is such as to render them incompetent or unable to earn a living by their own exertions, shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of the foregoing ordinance. An Gtidinance to ratify certain acts, judgments, and other proceedings therein mentioned : Be it ordained by the people of Georgia in Con vention assembled. That all the acts and sales of executors, administrators, trustees, and guardians, and of judicial and ministerial officers, had done, and performed, and made bona fide, and in pur suance of, and under color of law since the 19tli day of January 1861, which are not in conflict with the constitution of the United States, and of tlie constitution of this State, to and tlie same are hereby ratified and confirmed, subject how ever, to the right of appeal and supercedures ac cording to law; Provided, that in cases in which judgment or decrees have been rendered in all courts of record in this State, since the 19tli day of January, 1861, and prior to this date, the party against whom such judgment has been rendered shall to entitled to a new trial or appeal, on affi davit that he was unavoidaby absent from the court at the time ol* the redention of the judgment; Provided, the court shall be satisfied from all the facts which may be submitted by affidavit by both parties that such good and meritorious defense exists, and that such appli cation for a new trial or appeal shall be made within twelve months after the adoption of this ordinance. An Ordinance to legalize the contracts made by guardians, administrators, executors and trustees, with the Freedmen for the benefit of tbeir wards and estates, and to authorize said guardians, administrators, executors and trus tees, to make such contracts until provided for bv the legislature: lie it ordained by the people of the State of Geor gia in Convention assembled, That all contracts made by guardians, administrators, executors and trustees, with the Freedmen and Freedwo- men for tlie benefit of their wards and estates be and the same are hereby legalized : and that they be authorized to make such contracts until provided for by tlie legislature. WnEREAS, Two telegrams, one from the Pres ident of the United States, and tlie other from bis Secretary of State, have been received and read to the Convention, indicating in rather plain terms what course should be pursued by this Convention in relation to tlie State debt of Geor gia contracted to carry on the war, which tele grams both refer to communications received from the Provisional Governor of this State; it is therefore Resolved, That a committee of three he ap pointed from this body by the Chair, and required to call upon the Provisional Governor, James Johnson, for a copy of the telegrams sent by him to Washington, and all communications between him and the department in Washington, relating thereto. Resolved, That the special Committee of seven appointed to take into consideration the subject of the cotton hitherto belonging to the State, while in session shall have power to send for persons and papers. The Commit tee of Seven to whom was referred the Message of liis Excellency James John son, and the documents accompanying it on the subject of cotton and tobacco purchased by the State, desiring further information on the subject, it is Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to communicate to this Committee, if within his power to do so, how much money has been drawn from the Treasury of this State with which to purchase cotton for the State, and how much with which to purchase tobacco, when, by whom, by what and by whose authority it was drawn, whether State or Confederate States money, bills of bonds, or what, and of different kinds of money, bills or bonds, how’ much of each kind, and how much cotton and tobacco w r as purchased with the money, of .the State so drawn from the Treasury, the number of bales and their weight, and when and from whom it was purchased, and at what place, arid whether it was paid for in the same kind ; of currency, money or bonds that was so drawn from the Treasury with which to purchase those articles?, How many agents were employed by the State, and by whom employed, to purchase the cotton and tobacco herein referred to, and who they werq, and where they now reside, arid then re sided, and what compensation, anil how T and in what it was paid them and each of them, and by whom, for their services; and also.What portion of the cotton so purchased by the State has been sold, arid by whom, and to whom sold, when, at what price, and for what currency it w as sold, and what amount of State money issued since the war has been placed in the State Treasury, and when, aud by whom placed there, and what amount of such State money lias been exchanged for Confederate Stales bills or bonds, before and since it went-into the Treasury, and when,--and by whom, and with whom, and especially what State officers or officials have made such ex change, and when and with whonl, and to what amount each State officer or agent has thus ex changed, and what use has been made by all such officials or agents with tlie ^Confederate money they thus acquired by such exchanges? .. An Ordinance, To establish Congressional Dis tricts, and to provide for certain elections. The people of Georgia, in Convention assembled, do ordain, That, conforming to the last appor tionment of members of the House of Represen tatives of .the United States Congress, there shall be in the State of Georgia seven Congressional Districts, constituted as follow’s, until changed by an act of the General Assembly, viz: The first Distriet shall include tlie counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Wayne, Glynn, Camden, Charlton, Ware, Pierce, Appling, Tatnall, Bulloch, Effingham, Striven, Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Coffee,' Clinch, Echols, Lowndes, Berrien, Irwin, Laurens, Johnson, Brooks, Colquitt and Thomas. r The second : district shall include'the counties | __ employ .. „ _ agents of said* Bureau to adjust difficulties be tween the white and colored people of this State, and to maintain the police of the country, be and the same is hereby accepted; and it is hereby or dained by this Convention that the Justices of the Peace, Ordinaries, and all other civil officers, or unofficial citizens of tins State, are hereby au thorized to perform such service as may be des ignated by said sgent, in adjusting difficulties totween the white and colored, population of this State, in maintaining the police of the coun try and ot her similar matters whenever requested so to act by said superintendent. Chairman. An Ordinance to request and authorize the Provisional Governor of Georgia to borrow' .sfiacts.pf his_nature, the principles of his party on the credit of this State a sufficient sum of antFthe solicitations of Ins section, became the money to pav wliat may 1)© due on tli©‘ ‘CiYil 1ic«h1 ftud front -of -our offending, sliall not l)e - . J *■ • - -----— ^~—— until brujsQii for our/inkijiities or punished for our transgressions. Mr. Davis was not the leader of a feeble and temporary insurrection; he was the representative of great ideas and tlie exponent of principles which stirred and consolidated a nu merous and intelligent people. This people was not his dupe; thoy pursued the course which .they adopted of -their own free will, and he did not draw’ them on but followed after them. It is for these reasons that we invoke the executive clemency iu his behalf. His frame is feeble; his health is delicate—all broken by the storms of State, he languishes out in captivity a vicarious punishment for tlie acts of his people. Thou sands of hearts are touched with liis distress; thousands of prayers ascend to heaven for his relief. We invoke in his behalf tlie generous ex ercise of the prerogative to pardon which the form and principles of the constitution offer as a benificient instrument to a merciful Executive. W e ask the continuance of that career of clem ency which your Excellency has begun, and which alone, we earnestly believe, can secure the true unity aud lasting greatness of this nation. Dispensing that mercy which is inculcated by the example of our great Master on high, your name w ill be transmitted to your countrymen as one of the benefactors ot mankind. The constitution of our country, renewed and fortified by your measures, will once more extend its protection over a contented and happy people, founded as it will be, upon consent and affection and rest ing like the great arch of heaven equally upon all. Resolved, That the foregoing memorial signed by the President, and attested by the Secretary ot the Convention, be transmitted to the Presi dent of the United States. of Decatur, Early, Miller, Baker, Mitchell, Worth, Dooly, Wilcox, Pulaski, Houston, Macon, Ma rion, Chattahoochee, Sumter-, Webster, Stewart, Quitman, Clay, Calhoun, Randolph, Terrell, Lee and Dougherty. The third District shall include the counties of Muscogee, Schley, Taylor, Talbot, Harris, Troup Meriwether, Heard, Coweta, -Fayette, Clayton Carroll, Campbell, Haralson and Paulding. The fourth District shall include, the; counties of Upson, Pike, Spalding, Hemy, Newton, Butts Monroe, Crawford, Bibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson Baldwin, Jones, Jasper and Putnam. The fifth District shall include the counties of Washington,; Jefferson, Burke, Richmond, Glas cock, Hancock, Warren, ' Columbia, Lincoln, Wilkes, TatiaferrrvGreene, Morgan, Oglethorpe and Elbert. The sixth District 9hall include the counties of Milton, Gwinnett, Walton, Clark, Jackson, Mad ison, Hartj Franklin, Banks, Hall, Forsyth, Pick ens, Dawson Lumpkin, White, Habersham, Ra bun, Towns, Union, Fannin and.Gilmer. The seventh District shall include the counties of DeKalb, Fulton, Cobb, Polk, Floyd, Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield, Murray, Catoosa and Dade. Sec. 2. There shall be hold ori the fifteenth day of November next a general election in the sev eral counties and election districts of this State for Governor, Senators (by Senatorial Districts) and Representatives (by eounties) to the General Assembly, in conformity to the Constitution which this Convention may adopt, and of mem bers of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, by Districts as herein be fore arranged, one member for each District. Sec. 3. The elections herein ordered shall be conducted, and returns thereof made, as is now by the Code of Georgia provided. Sec. 4 And the Convention, do farther ordain, That the election' for Mayor and Aldermen of -thcOity of* Savannahrihall be held-on the first Wednesday in December, in tlie present .year, and that at such election all laws appertaining thereto shall to in force, except the law requir ing the registry of voters. No. Counties. Rerp. Population. list, and what may become due thereon, by the collection of taxes the State may dis pense with loans, and to extend the power to the Governor to be elected by tlie people in a certain contingency: . The picople of Georgia, by their delegates in Convention assembled, do hereby declare and ordatn, That the Provisional Governor of this State be, and be is hereby respectfully requested and au thorized upon the faith and credit of the State of Georgia, to negotiate a loan or loans of money, or United States currency, sufficient in amount to repay the temporary loanB made by him as re ported to the Convention, and to pay whatever is due on the civil list of the political year 1865, as also to pay whatever may become due on the civil list for the political year 1866, inclusive ot appropriations for the support of tlie Lunatic Asylum and other government purposes, until the State of Georgia by the collection of taxes, to be imposed hereafter by the Legislature, and other resources of the State, shall be enabled without embarrassment to dispense with a resort to temporary loans; the money so borrowed to be deposited in tlie Treasury and to be paid out by Executive warrant as is provided by existing laws. And be it further ordained by authority afore said, That should tlie Provisional Governor from any cause fail to make a sufficient loan or loans to effectuate the intention of this ordinance, that then the Governor to be elected by the people as liis successor to all the Executive powers of the State government be, and ho is hereby empow ered to make from time to time such loan or loans for the service of the State of Georgia as is herein contemplated, and that the bonds where on such may be loaned shall be countersigned by the Governor. And be it further ordained, That to facilitate tlie negotiation of such loan, in such sums and at such times as the wants of the State may re quire for the purposes aforesaid, the Governor is authorized and required to sign and issue such drafts, notes or bonds, countersigned by the Treasurer and payable at such times, and on sucli terms, and in such currency, as may be deemed by trim most conducive to the conveni ence and interest of the State. Provided that no obligation shall be contracted by him for a less time to run than twelve months, or for a longer time than five years; and provided, also, that on short securities not longer than twelve months to run, not exceeding a rate of ten (10) per cent, per annum shall be allowed; and provided fur ther, that if said loan or any part of it be raised on bonds of more than one year to run, said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of seven (7) per cent., payable half yearly, which shall not exceed in the whole the sum of $500,000, and shall not be sold at a discount on tlie par value of more than ten per cent. And it is further provided, that this ordinance sliall not be con strued to restrict or control the Legislature in the exorcise of a sound discretion in making any loan for the foregoing purposes, or any other want of the State. An Ordinance to repeal certain ordinances and resolutions therein mentioned, heretofore passed* by the people of the State of Georgia in Con vention. We, the people of the State of Georgia in Con ven tion, at our seat of Government, do declare and or dain, That an ordinance adopted by the same people, in convention, on the nineteenth day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled “An ordinance to dissolve the union be tween the State of Georgia and other States united with lier under a compact of government entitled ‘the constitution of the United States of America;’ ” also, an ordinance adopted by the same on the sixteenth day of March, in the year last aforesaid, entitled “An ordinance to adopt and ratify the constitution of tlie Confederate States of America;” and, also, all ordinances and resolutions of the same, adopted between the six teenth day of January and the twenty-fourth day of March, in the year aforesaid, subversive of, or antagonistic to the civil and military authority of the Government of the United States of America under the constitution thereof, be, and the same are hereby repealed. An Ordinance to prevent the levy and sale of property of debtors under execution, until tlie adjournment of the first session of the next Legislature, or until the Legislature slmli oth erwise direct, if before that time. Be it ordained by the people of Georgia in Con vention assembled, That there shall be no levy or sale of property of defendants in this State uri- der execution, founded on any judgment, order or decree, except executions for cost, or rules against officers for money, and except in cases where defendants reside without' the State have absconded, are absconding, or are about to re move their property without the limits of any county in this Quite, until the adjdumment of the first session of the next Legislature, or until the Legislature shall otherwise direct, if before that time. Be it furtoer ordained, Any officer, or other person violating this ordinance, shall be guilty of trespass and liable to be sued in any court of this State having proper jurisdiction, and the measure of damages sliall be the injury resulting to the injured party by reason of said trespass. Be it further ordained, That the statutes and limitation now of force in this State, be, and the same is, hereby suspended in all cases affected by this ordinance until the adjournment of the first session of the next Legislature, or until tlie Leg islature shall otherwise direct, if before that time.. And be it further ordained, That the statute of limitation in all cases, civil and criminal, be, ami tlie same is, hereby declared to be, and have been suspended from the 19th of January, 1861, aud shall so continue until civil government i9 fully restored, or until the Legislature shall other wise direet. Whereas, many portions of this State are un protected by the immediate presence of any of the* military forces of the United States, and there exists an uneasiness in the public mind, under the apprehension that civil order may be disturbed - by evil-minded persons associating themselves together, or otherwise, for purposes of violence, and that the law may to obstructed in its execution, for want of adequate police force to enable the civil officers of the State to enforce the hearts of the people. Jefferson DavW was elevated to Ins high posi tion by our suffrages, and in response to our wishes. We imposed upon him a responsibility wliich lie did not seek. Originally opposed to tlie sectional policy to which public opinion with irresistible- power'finally drove him, lie became the exponent of our principles and the leader of our cause. ’ He simply responded to the united voice of liis seetiou. If he then is guilty, so are we; we were the principals—he was our agent. Let not the retribution ot a mighty nation be vis ited upon liis head, while we wlio urged him to his destiny are suffered to escape. The litoral clemency of the government has been extended oyer us; we breathe the air and experience the blessings of freedom; we therefore ask that the leader wlio, in response to the democratic in- Be it ordained by the people of Georgia in Con vention assembled, That the voters of those coun ties of the State of Georgia, in which from the short notice given, elections for members of the General Assembly cannot be held on the 15tli instant, as provided by the Constitution, be and they are hereby authorized to hold said elections on Saturday the 25th instant, and that the mem bers elected as aforesaid, be allowed to take tbeir seats at the earliest practicable day after the Gen eral Assembly shall convene, under the same rules and regulations as if they were elected on the day first aforesaid. And be tl further ordained, That three hundred copies of this ordinance be printed for tlie use of the members of this Convention. lit District :. iG- -:. -.38 m, 4*3 3d District. .23 121.034 3d District.-:.- : :. . .15 131.522 4th District.--— ...15 123,127 5thTDis£rict 125.5311 6th District.. .... J. T- ...31 123,640 7th District. ..It 124,856 132 869,201 relates to fines for neglect of duty, contempts of I have been or may toprescribed by law. The Committee fo whom was referred the mes sage-of the Provisional Governor, enclosing a communication from Brigadier General Tilson, Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of p. Freedmen Refugees and abandoned lands, *■ have had the same under consideration and <firect me to' report the following resolution and ordinance: Resolved by the Convention, That the wise and the same; And whereas, this feeling of insecurity tends greatly to retard the resumption and prose cution of the various peaceful and industrial pur suits of the people necessary for their prosperity and happiness, therefore, Resolved by tlie people of Georgia in Convention assembled, That His Excellency the Governor he and is hereby earnestly requested to provide, by proclamation to the people of Georgia, to be is sued as early as practicable, for the formation of every county in this State of one .or more militia or volunteer companies to ^act as a police force to suppress, violence, to preserve order, arid to aid the civil officers of this State in tlie enforce ment of the laws thereof* under such regulations consistent with the Constitution and laws of the ^United States, and of" this State, as he may pie 'scribe; and that such organizations as may be made under this resolution to subsist until other wise provided by law. Resolved secondly, That tlie foregoing preamble and resolutions to signed by the President and Secretary of this Convention, and that tlie Presi dent communicate a copy of the same to his Ex cellency James Johnson, Provisional Governor of Georgia, and forthwith transmit, through -the Provisional Governor, the same by telegraph to his Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, and earnestly solicit his ap proval thereof. Milledoevillb, Oct. 30tli, 1865. To His Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the Unitedfitates : The delegates of the State of Georgia in Con- irentiqn assembled^ do earnestlyjnvoke tlie Ex ecutive clemency in behalf of Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stephens, and of-Janie* A. Seddon of Virginia, A G.. McGrath of. South Carolina, Allison anil David L. Yulee of- Florida, and H. W. Mercer of Georgia, now confined as prisoners in Fort Pulaski, and of all other priso ners similarly circumstanced. Ypuf Excellency has been pleased' to restore Mr. Stephens to his liberty. He returns ~to. the grateful people of liis State as a solemn pledge of the magnanimity which rules the public coun cils, and his great Jiamcland influence wiir be jotent to_revive the amity of the past and to alley which.your Emboldened by fruct ^ Excellency has inaugurated. this example, impelled by the purity of, our mo tives, and stimulated by the prayers of a numer ous people, we appeal for clemency in behalf of the distinguished persons we have named. Re store them to liberty and to the embrace of f heir families. Translate them from captivity to the light of freedom and of hope, and the gratitude „ _ ot the prisoners wUl be mingled with the joyful f On the^wayto Chicago. Fashionable Intelligence. The Queen of Spain, when visiting Napoleon and Eugenie at Biarritz lately, appeared in mourning. She wore a low-bodied dress, with a Marie Antoinette cape of rich black blonde, fas tened with diamond ornaments, and a stomacher, necklace and diadem, also of diamonds, and ex cessively magnificent. It is said that her most. Catholic Majesty possesses a stock of jewelry surpassing that of most of the crowned heads of Europe, and makes an imposing appearance with their aid and that of the court dress-makers.— Tlie Queen of Spain wears a crinoline even more ample than that of the Empress Eugenie; she never wears a bonnet, but always drapes in the graceful mantilla of tlie Spanish women so well suited to the climate of Spain. The Empress Eugenie always wears the mantilla on Sundays when she hears mass in the private chapel of the Tuileries. The Grand Duchess Marie of Russia and her daughter, the Princess Eugenie, have paid a visit to the villa of Baron Adolplio tie Rothschild, near Geneva. Her Imperial Highness greatly admired the works of art contained in the resi dence, and particularly a collection of cut rock crystals, which lias no equal. A sumptuous breakfast was offered to her Highness by the Baron and Baroness de Rothschild, to wliich, be sides the persons composing the suite of the Grand Duchess, there were invited Count de Neiselrode, Count and Countess Lamsdorff and M. de Migriue. The King and royal family of Denmark have returned to Bernsdorff, after their excursion into Funen and Jutland. His Majesty only pro nounced one speech during his journey. The ex-Queen of the Sandwich Islands has been the guest of Mr. Tennyson, the poet laure ate of ^England, at his retreat at Farringford, in the Isle of Wight. Two marriages in fashionable life are an nounced as likely to take place shortly in France —that of the son of the Duke of Montebello with Miss O. Fard de la Grange, and the other between tlie eldest son of Victor Hugo and Mile. Lehague. Count Walewski, of France, lias purchased an estate in Switzerland which runs along the shores of the Lake of Geneva, and is close to the sources d’Amphion, which have long been forgotten.— Prince Napoleon has set tlie tashion of purchas ing property in Switzerland, as Count Palikso has gone there to select an estate near that of Count Walewski. * Prince Alfred, of England, is expected at Brus sels on his-return from Egypt. 4 King Louis if, of Bavaria, has left his retreat at Holienscliwangau to pay a visit to his capital. He was present at a representation at the thea tre, and received in audience M. dc Barandarihn, Minister of Mexico at the courts of Vienna and’ Munich, who presented to his Majesty the insig nia of* the Order of the Mexican Eagle. Earl Russell, accompanied by the Countess ltussell„Lady Agatha Russell and the Duke of Leinster, have visited tlie Earl’s county Meath estates^ in Ireland. The party minutely inspec ted the dwellings of the poor tenants in Navan, and conversed freely vvitli their occupants, listen ing to their requests, etc., and giving to the agent instructions to liave them complied with. Tlie party afterwards drove through Navan, and pro ceeded to the Ardsalla estate, which they also inspected, and returned to Ardsalla House for luncheon. The Earl and Countess have left for London. . -*► Collision Between two Rivf.k Steamers —Lobs op the Savannah with a Valuable Cargo.—The steamer Savannah recently pur chased of the Government, while making her first trip for her new owners, between this city and. Augusta, collided On Sunday afternoon with the steamer Mayflower and sunk in liftlf an hour. The Savannah left here on Saturday morning flir Augusta, with a freight valued at about $125,- 000, and eighteen passengers. When four miles above Purysburg at a point about forty miles from Savannah, and while turning a bend ofthe river, she was run into by the steamer Mayflower, bound down, and cut down to the water’s edge.’ She sunk in about thirty minutes. C’apt. Spicer of the Savannah, made every effort to run his steamer upon tlie shore, where she now lies sub merged, her pilot house only showing above the water. The passengers were immediately landed and remained on the hanks 'of the river, about three miles from any habitation until this morn ing, when they were taken up and brought to this city by trie steamer Clarion, Capt. Morse. Cant Spicer, “with the officers of the Savannah, remain by the wreck, and is endeavoring to save all the property possible. The cargo was a very large and valuable one, and was consigned to parties in the interior. The prospects for savins either steamer or cargo are thought to be e.Uremdv slim. .i* J .The-Savanpah was an iron clad steamer and vvas built by the Government for a river trans- .port. She was originally clad with sheet iron anct pierced with loop holes for sharpshooters and mounted two howitzers.. This armor hail’ been takeu about three months ago iu order to lighten hei draft. She was sold at public auction at toe uite sale of Government vessels here to H J. Dickerson &.Co.,'for *5,000. fi*-' * ■ -j • ‘ ~~ *♦ . . 1 Great Reconstruction Meeting at TcL- LA uoiiA. TallaJu/ma, jjfop. 4th, 1865.—The pqb- lfomeetmp here to-day. was the largest tliafhas eolkaied at Tidlahbma, emhr:iaiD< p repre sentatives trom six counties, amt among them many ol the leading and most^'influential citizens tff the Stale. ;i Tl.MkiVuastiug was addressed by tlie Hon. A. 'S. Colvar, m a speech <»r over t wo*lionrs in lenijrtJi ,and by C. S. Cameron, of the Memphis Distnct’ and others. ; ’ Resolutions were adopted heartily endorsing arid approving the reconstruction policy of Pres” ulent Andrew Johnson, as enunciated through hialate address to Southern delegations. The speeches were eloquent, conservative and piltaotip, and were listened to with marked at tention.. The meeting was characterized by the utmost harmony and good feeling. ^ Burlev.. English- detectives have arrived in New York f£M^P ap eye upon the Fenians and report to tlfo'HQtrie'government. One or two of them ale